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WATCHES! So many watches for sale! Can you count them all? There are a lot. If you can't, that's okay, but I hope you at least know how to count to twelve, because if you don't, it's going to be very difficult to use these watches. If you can count to twelve, though, we've got quite the reward for you: the reward of knowing the time. Yay!

scubalab

The pictures of the back of the JG5200-12 look wrong (definitely). They show a round case with an automatic movement, but the specs say Japanese quartz movement. Any clarification or correct pictures of that one?

EDIT - Nevermind; I assume it's the same back as the 5200-14 and 5200-15!

mjkane1

kakomu wrote:Bill Clinton was a fan of Timex Ironman watches. I wouldn't consider those watches "nice" as far as fanciness or luxuriousness is considered, but they keep time and are great for jogging.

I supposed if the only reason to wear a watch is to show off bling, I would question this choice, but otherwise, if it looks nice, keeps good time and doesn't fall apart, no harm no foul.

True...I was not meaning the President has to wear "Bling", I meant it from a standpoint where I am sure any watch manufacturer on the PLANET would be happy to send a few watches to the leader of the free world at no cost, it just seems a surprising choice to me...but these look very nice.

supraman320

mjkane1 wrote:True...I was not meaning the President has to wear "Bling", I meant it from a standpoint where I am sure any watch manufacturer on the PLANET would be happy to send a few watches to the leader of the free world at no cost, it just seems a surprising choice to me...but these look very nice.

jnjackson13

This is correct - it was a gift from his secret service detail. It's a model made exclusively for the secret service, which can't be purchased by non-secret service people. He wore a Tissot before they gave him that, I think.

Also, these will have the same guts as the president's watch, probably. I don't think this company makes mechanicals, but Myota is a widely used movement. Very few high end watch companies use an in-house movement. Quartz Myota's have a good reputation for time keeping.

shadowknight125

jnjackson13 wrote:This is correct - it was a gift from his secret service detail. It's a model made exclusively for the secret service, which can't be purchased by non-secret service people. He wore a Tissot before they gave him that, I think.

Also, these will have the same guts as the president's watch, probably. I don't think this company makes mechanicals, but Myota is a widely used movement. Very few high end watch companies use an in-house movement. Quartz Myota's have a good reputation for time keeping.

It sounds like the only real difference between the one you can purchase and the President's is that his has a unique seal on the face and and inscription on the back. Whereas the civilian version just has the company logo.

ghostofdavid

shadowknight125 wrote:It sounds like the only real difference between the one you can purchase and the President's is that his has a unique seal on the face and and inscription on the back. Whereas the civilian version just has the company logo.

arrScott

I have the black/blue chrono listed here (it was given as a gift). For the price charged here, it's a fair value. Keeps good time. But some fair-warning caveats:

It's not so much that it's bigger than other watches these days, but the proportions just feel kludgier than most. The minute and hour hands are wide enough that they always feel imprecise, especially the minute hand. And the silicone strap is insane! Very thick. I haven't gotten around to replacing it with something that feels less like the strap of a house-arrest ankle-bracelet, but I plan to at some point.

From what I recall from the 2008 campaign, Jorg Gray had previously only made watches to be branded by third parties, such as corporate giveaways or the Secret Service employee shop and the like. It was at about the time that interest in Obama's watch was spiking that Jorg Gray began selling under its own name. To date, most of their models look an awful lot like particular high-end models.

Still, the timekeeping has been good on mine, and though the chrono only measures seconds (no tenths indicator), that's good enough for much of what I use a chrono for, or at least in the kitchen.

drood0311

arrScott wrote:I have the black/blue chrono listed here (it was given as a gift). For the price charged here, it's a fair value. Keeps good time. But some fair-warning caveats:

It's not so much that it's bigger than other watches these days, but the proportions just feel kludgier than most. The minute and hour hands are wide enough that they always feel imprecise, especially the minute hand. And the silicone strap is insane! Very thick. I haven't gotten around to replacing it with something that feels less like the strap of a house-arrest ankle-bracelet, but I plan to at some point.

From what I recall from the 2008 campaign, Jorg Gray had previously only made watches to be branded by third parties, such as corporate giveaways or the Secret Service employee shop and the like. It was at about the time that interest in Obama's watch was spiking that Jorg Gray began selling under its own name. To date, most of their models look an awful lot like particular high-end models.

Still, the timekeeping has been good on mine, and though the chrono only measures seconds (no tenths indicator), that's good enough for much of what I use a chrono for, or at least in the kitchen.

Since you own one, are these battery powered or wind-up? I see no mention of battery type.

zxinfinity

I've been using my Jorg Gray JG7300-13 Men's Black & Silver Dial Black Genuine Leather Watch for a few days now. It is one of the few automatic watches offered in this deal.

I first noticed that my motion wasn't enough to get it started for the first hour or so I was wearing it. I decided that I would manually wind it to get it started. I turned the dial to wind it for about 10 straight seconds. It started up immediately. I set the time and went to work.

Within a few hours I noticed that the watch had already stopped. Big disappointment already. I decided to try winding it even longer (maybe twenty or so seconds). By the time I got home from work, it was still working, but come the next day, the watch was stopped. I wound the watch for about 30-40 seconds and it surprised me by lasting the whole day. I got home and took the watch off around 7:30 pm.

The next morning (today), I was happy to see that it had survived the night. A couple of hours later, I look at the watch and see that once again it stopped. Too bad, I really wanted to like this watch, it looks real nice and fits my wrist size perfectly. Hopefully Woot will take this back.

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